Candidate financials

All election candidates are required to file their financial statement which are posted to this page.

Guidelines from the Municipal Elections Act for Filing of Candidates' Financial Statements

Municipal Elections Act, 1996

Candidates’ financial statements, etc.

88.25 (1) On or before 2 p.m. on the filing date, a candidate shall file with the clerk with whom the nomination was filed a financial statement and auditor’s report, each in the prescribed form, reflecting the candidate’s election campaign finances,

(a) in the case of a regular election, as of December 31 in the year of the election;

Filing date

88.30 (1) The filing date for documents that are to be filed under section 88.25 or 88.29 is the following:

1. In the case of a regular election, the last Friday in March following the election.

Pursuant to the above legislation, all candidates in the 2018 Municipal & School Board Elections were required to file their Financial Statement with the Office of the City Clerk on the prescribed Form 4 by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2019. Candidates who failed to submit their Financial Statement by the deadline will be provided with a Notice of Default outlining the penalties that apply to non-compliance of s.88.25.

88.23(4) The City Clerk shall make available to the public a report setting out all candidates in an election and indicating whether each candidate complied with section 88.25. 2016, c. 15, s. 60.

(5) The report mentioned in subsection (4) shall be made available on a website or in another electronic format as soon as possible after April 30 in the year following a regular election.

The following candidates with names highlighted in blue have complied with providing their financial statements prior to the legislated deadline.

Candidates who have failed to file their documents, as required under the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, will be provided with a Notice of Default and will be subject to penalties under the MEA.

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